Just noticed something...

[airedaleman]

Just finished a magazineful of CB longs in my basic Henry lever action. I bought this for me for my 70th birthday back in 2009. Just realized there are no dire rollstamped warnings or instructions on this firearm!
Guess the Imperato family trusts the user....
Anty Henry bashers care to comment?

[Griff]

Regardless of what I've said before... their copy of the Erma Werke's little .22 lever gun is well done. Not too surprising as the Imperato family was involved with Iver Johnson, an importer of the Erma Werke's M1 .22 cal copy.

Frankly, if they'd just kept, or re-opened as Iver Johnson, ALMOST all my angst would disappear.

However, since Iver Johnson pistols were used in two famous assassinations, you'd think they'd be more circumspect in their lack of warnings!

[airedaleman]

Regardless of what I've said before... their copy of the Erma Werke's little .22 lever gun is well done. Not too surprising as the Imperato family was involved with Iver Johnson, an importer of the Erma Werke's M1 .22 cal copy.

Frankly, if they'd just kept, or re-opened as Iver Johnson, ALMOST all my angst would disappear.

However, since Iver Johnson pistols were used in two famous assassinations, you'd think they'd be more circumspect in their lack of warnings!

Clever marketing on Imperato's part, coupled with a solid effort to do things right. They seem to have prospered where Erma, Iver Johnson, and - let's not forget - Ithaca bombed with this design.

Without peeking, the products of the Iver Johnson Firearms and Cycle Works in Fitchburg, Mass did in Presidents Garfield and McKinley. (Garfield probably would have survived had his doctors kept their dirty fingers out of his wound. My wife's grandfather was a telegrapher for the Jersey Central Railroad at Long Branch NJ and transmitted daily updates on Garfield's treatment.)

[1894c]

don't own a Henry--but no bashing here...they've sold a boat load of 'em...the guys I know who have one like them and shoot them allot (almost cult like following)...I think it was a great choice for your birthday...and it's really good to know that the owner's of Henry ignored their lawyers...a practice that should, at times, be repeated... :)

[Streetstar]

I like mine! I have never had a higher end .22 lever to compare it to, -- but the HEnry does everything i need, gobbles up Shorts like a champ , and is accurate enough that i dont know how they could improve on it except for a couple of aesthetic issues.

Plus the basic wood and bluing means i dont have to pamper it, if it picks up a scratch while being pulled across the handlebars of my 4 wheeler, -- its not that big a deal

(note: i dont purposely treat any of my guns rough, but when you use them, sometimes things happen)

[JerryB]

You got a real fine little .22 levergun, my grandson bought one a couple of years ago and it is really a pleasure to use, very accurate and smooth. By any name it is a great little rifle.

[Leverdude]

I like their 22s & while the rest dont appeal to me they seem a good company to deal with. My only real issue with them is marketing ethics.

[bdhold]

marketing ethics is an oxymoron.

Marketers know the good points of anything sell themselves.
Their job is to make the weak points look not so bad.

Very happy with my daughter's H001.

[jdad]

If they'd put a 24" barrel and D&T'd the receiver (for a peep sight), on the H001T, I would have bought one years ago.